The iGate Scrabble Championship 2016 kicked off this week. Here are the standings after day 3 from the Scrabble Association of India:

Nigel and Hubert are battling it out at the top, The critical phase of the tournament has started with the King of the Hill format now in force.

Rank Won-Lost Spread Player Last Game

1 25–4 3517 Nigel Richards (A1) 2L:437-447:A2

2 23–6 1574 Hubert Wee (A2) 1W:447-437:A1

3 19–10 1187 Tony Sim (A11) 1W:445-435:A4

4 18–11 491 Marlon Prudencio (A4) 2L:435-445:A11

5 17–12 551 Gerry Carter (A6) 2W:469-343:A7

6 17–12 404 Mohan Chunkath (A7) 1L:343-469:A6

7 17–12 −55 Jayaska Baranage (A23) 1W:435-412:A8

8 16–13 932 Russel Honeybun (A5) 1W:531-285:A14

9 16–13 260 Sherwin Rodrigues (A3) 1W:449-437:A19

10 16–13 242 Udayan Grover (A8) 2L:412-435:A23

11 15½–13½ 16 Carolann Pais (A16) 1W:412-326:A20

12 15–14 591 Douglas Lobo (A14) 2L:285-531:A5

13 15–14 59 Sanjoy Gupta (A12) 1W:389-270:A18

14 15–14 −447 Michael Tang (A13) 2W:360-303:A29

15 14½–14½ 50 Shaila Amalean (A19) 2L:437-449:A3

16 14–15 367 Goutham Jayaraman (A15) bye

17 14–15 −90 Mohsin Ahmed (A20) 2L:326-412:A16

18 14–15 −169 Jose de Abreu (A18) 2L:270-389:A12

19 14–15 −197 Rajveer Rawlin (A24) 1W:386-341:A9

20 14–15 −616 Manju Sood (A29) 1L:303-360:A13

21 13–16 733 Odette Rio (A9) 2L:341-386:A24

22 13–16 −105 V. Ramachandran (A28) 1W:395-392:A22

23 13–16 −553 Pramit Kamath (A21) 2W:454-420:A32

24 13–16 −823 Suthirappan Assarat (A22) 2L:392-395:A28

25 12–17 −1508 Sunny Bhatia (A32) 1L:420-454:A21

26 11–9 −153 Nakul Prabhu (A17) bye

27 11–18 −380 A Krishnan (A30) 1L:300-303:A25

28 11–18 −987 Bhushan Pradhan (A25) 2W:303-300:A30

29 9–20 −1115 Rohaina Tanveer (A31) 1W:494-387:A27

30 8–21 −1780 Mangala Bhandarkar (A27) 2L:387-494:A31

31 1–28 −2146 Radhika Mahalingaiah (A26) bye

32 0–13 −975 Irfan Siddiqui (A10) bye